ewn

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Cornish eun, from Proto-Brythonic *yọn, from Proto-Celtic *yānos. Cognate with Welsh iawn and Breton eeun.

Adjective

ewn (comparative moy ewn, superlative an moyha ewn)

  1. accurate, correct, right, valid, proper
  2. fair, just

Derived terms

  • ewna (“correct, make right, mend”)
  • ewnans (“correction”)
  • ewnder (“justice, fairness”)
  • ewnhe (“repair, fix”, verb)
  • ewnheans (“repair”, noun)
  • ewnhynsek (“just, virtuous, upright”)
  • ewnhynseth (“fairness, integrity”)
  • pur ewn (“exactly”)

Adverb

yn ewn

  1. correctly, fairly

Verb

ewn

  1. inflection of ewna:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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